From the Pulpit...

Knowing Jesus does not merely quell the longing to know the meaning of life. Rather, knowing Him satisfies that desire, fills it, informs it. When you become a Christian, a true follower of Jesus, you have a life-giving connection to Him who is the source and sum of all wisdom. He is the fount of all knowledge. He is the giver of all comfort. He is the forgiver of all sin. He is the creator of all people. He is the designer of the entire universe. He is the sustainer of creation. He is the caregiver of all human and sub-human creation. He is the Son of God, and the Son of Man. He is the maker of time and eternity. He is the Savior of all, and He is the judge of all. We ought to consider life as God has given it to us. Think about it with all humility because we are limited creatures under God. We come at life not with resignation that we cannot understand it, but with the joy that we can—to a certain extent—and that we have more of a grasp of it now that Jesus has shown us the way to the Father. Knowing God and His risen Christ is the way to a joyful life, even as it moves through the obstacle course that we know life is.